President Abandons What Elected Him, Embraces Bush Policy on Iraq

Ya, it’s kind of a big deal! How many times did the enraptured Obama-cons joyfully behold their leader as he spoke to them of his fervent opposition to this hateful, mistake laden, terrible mar upon US history that was George Bush’s war on Iraq? It was more than a few times. In fact, it was the anchor upon which he ran his whole campaign. Particularly early in the primary campaign, he battled with the likes of Dennis Kucinich to be the heartiest anti-war candidate he could be. (*Be all that you can, beeeeeeeee!*)

A fast forward to today finds him announcing a date for “troop withdrawal” that comports almost exactly with what George Bush’s plans were. Additionally (and the reason for the dreaded quotation marks), he plans to leave a ‘transitional force’ in the country of 35,000 to 50,000 soldiers past his withdrawal date of August 2010. Sounds a bit like “Leaving when the Iraqis are ready and capable of governing themselves”… or “What President Bush’s policy has been on Iraq for years”.

This is the kind of hyprocrisy that would ruin a conservative public figure. In The Child’s case, I doubt we’ll be hearing any peeps from the media about his complete and utter change of heart.

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Rush Limbaugh absolutely tore it up yesterday at the Conservative Political Action Conference. He spoke for over an hour, and – for a guy that Democrats always are careful to say is ‘just an entertainer’ – pretty much explained what Conservatism is in a way that is simple and powerful. The man is an empire. Here – moving pictures!

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My boy Mitt Romney is the guy that the CPAC attendees most want to the Republican nominee in 2012. The straw poll of attendees gave him 20% of the votes and 1st place (although I saw on either ABC or MSNBC’s site that it was 30) and Bobby Jindal placed 2nd with 14%. Sarah Palin and Ron Paul (?!) were tied for third place at 13%.